I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system. — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.” — Thomas Adcock Copy Share Image
Why do we like being Irish? Partly because It gives us a hold on the sentimental English As members of a world… — Louis MacNeice Copy Share Image
I think the genetics of being Irish are that you sort of prefer when it's rainy and cloudy. It's just genetic. — Kate Flannery Copy Share Image
It's a loser's emblem (swastika), because the Nazis lost the war. It's ridiculous to suggest we are involved with fascists. All my… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
I find being Irish quite a wearing thing. It takes so much work because it is a social construction. People think you… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of… — Charles Madigan Copy Share Image
Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
Being Irish and a citizen of the world, has made me truly appreciate Irish culture, music and history. Whether you're first, second… — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
We are no petty people. We are one of the great stocks of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
People take pride in being Irish-American and Italian-American. They have a particular culture that infuses the whole culture and makes it richer… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What's the use of being Irish if the world doesn't break your heart? — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world? — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence… — Katharine Tynan Copy Share Image
That's how vile i am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
I'm hugely proud of being Irish. And I don't even know what that means. I just know that it's true. — Domhnall Gleeson Copy Share Image
I showed my appreciation of my native land in the usual Irish way: by getting out of it as soon as I… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Irishness is not primarily a question of birth or blood or language; it is the condition of being involved in the Irish… — Conor Cruise O'Brien Copy Share Image
The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
I kind of have an interest in all history. And I suspect it comes from being Irish - we like stories, we… — Colm Meaney Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I almost had a big green leprechaun tattooed on my forearm. Thank God I didn't - it would… — Jonas Armstrong Copy Share Image
Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
